Minecraft Potions: All recipes and how to make

The definitive guide on how to make Minecraft Potions

Want to learn how to make Minecraft Potions? Learning how to make Potions in Minecraft will instantly elevate your playthrough and increase your chances of survival. There are many worthwhile Potions to learn first, such as the Potion of Healing and Fire Resistance, which will help you on your journeys through the Overworld and Nether .

In this guide, we’ve gathered a full Minecraft Potions list , all ingredients needed to make each Potion, and a rundown of how to use a Brewing Stand. We’ve also included an explainer on modifier ingredients that can increase the radius of Potions, increase their strength and more. For a full rundown of all Potions in Minecraft 1.21.8, keep reading.

In this guide:

• How to make Potions in Minecraft
• Potion modifier ingredients
• Minecraft Potion chart for 1.21
• All Minecraft Potion recipes
• All Minecraft Potion ingredients
• How to make a Brewing Stand

How to make Potions in Minecraft

To make a Potion in Minecraft, you need the following items:

• A Brewing Stand for brewing potions.
• Blaze Powder for fuelling your Brewing Stand.
• Glass Bottles to contain your Potions.
• A Water source nearby (Cauldron or Water block).

Every potion starts with a Water Bottle. To make a Water Bottle, just right-click on a water source with a Glass Bottle in your hand. Then, follow these three steps:

1. Make an Awkward Potion (Water Bottle + Netherwart) in the Brewing Stand.
2. Add an effect ingredient to specify the Potion effect.
3. (Optional) Add one or more modifier ingredients to change the nature of the Potion.

Steps 2 and 3 can be done in reverse order if you like, but step 1 always comes first (except when making a Potion of Weakness, which doesn’t need an Awkward Potion).

Potion modifier ingredients

Adding Glowstone Dust to some Potions will increase the strength of the effect (usually doubling it). These Potions will have a “II” at the end of their name.

Adding Redstone Dust to some Potions will extend the duration of the effect. These Potions will have a “+” at the end of their name.

Adding Fermented Spider Eye to some potions will corrupt the effect, turning it into a new kind of Potion.

Adding Gunpowder to any Potion will turn it into a Splash Potion. Instead of being drunk, a Splash Potion can be thrown on the ground, affecting everyone in an area around where it shatters.

Adding Dragon’s Breath to any Splash Potion will turn it into a Lingering Potion. The effects of a Lingering Potion persist in the area for a short while after breaking, and while the effect is reduced it can also stack if you stay in the area.

Minecraft Potion chart for 1.21

Here is a detailed Minecraft Potion brewing chart from the Official Minecraft Wiki which tells you how to create a wide variety of Potions:

The chart doesn’t tell you how to create Splash or Lingering variations, but you can do that just by adding Gunpowder and Dragon’s Breath to each finished Potion.

All Minecraft Potion recipes

To brew a Potion in Minecraft, you need to add specific ingredients to a Water Bottle. You’ve already seen that ingredients like Gunpowder and Glowstone Dust can change how a Potion works, but the actual potion effect is created by adding one of the following ingredients:

Note: This table has been updated to include the new potions delivered with the Minecraft 1.21 update.

Not all of these Potions can be turned into Extended or more powerful versions of themselves, but all of them can be turned into Splash and Lingering versions. You can also mix-and-match the modifiers that are allowed, for example to create an Extended Lingering Potion of Poison, or a Splash Potion of Healing II.

Many of these Potions are extremely powerful tools for taking on tough Minecraft mobs . They also form an important part of PvP fights if you’re playing on a Minecraft server ; the battle is often decided by who has the Potions of Strength and Regeneration to spare. It’s worth noting that the Potion of Invisibility won’t help you escape the Warden .

There are a few other Potions in Minecraft that cannot be brewed. Instead, they must be looted or spawned into the game via console commands . This includes Potions such as the Potion of Luck (increases luck by 1 point; available in Creative Mode) and Potion of Decay (damages a heart every second for a total of 40 damage; obtained from swamp huts in Bedrock edition).

All Potion ingredients

Now you know which Potions you want to brew, you’ll need the right ingredients to make the magic happen. Below we’ve listed the Potion ingredients mentioned in the Potions list to streamline the process for you and get you everything you need.

• Blaze Powder: Can be crafted from Blaze Rods (which are dropped from Blazes in Nether Fortresses).
• Breeze Rod: Dropped from Breezes in Trial Chambers.
• Cobweb: Obtained by using Shears. Cobwebs spawn in Mineshafts, Strongholds, Libraries, Igloo basements, Abandoned Villages, Woodland Mansions and spider spawn rooms.
• Dragon’s Breath: Collected from the Ender Dragon’s breath attack or purple fireball clouds with a Glass Bottle.
• Fermented Spider Eye: Crafted from Spider’s Eye, Brown Mushroom and Sugar.
• Ghast Tear: Dropped by Ghasts in the Nether.
• Glass Bottle: Crafted from Glass. Can also be acquired from drinking from bottles, fishing or dropped from Witches.
• Glistering Melon Slice: Crafted from 8 Gold Nuggets and 1 Melon Slice.
• Glowstone Dust: Gained from mining Glowstone (found glowing and hanging from ceilings in the Nether). Can also be dropped from Witches.
• Golden Carrot: Crafted from 8 Gold Nuggets and 1 Carrot.
• Gunpowder: Dropped by Creepers, Ghasts and Witches. May appear in a Wandering Trader’s stock.
• Magma Cream: Crafted from Blaze Powder and Slime Balls. Can also be dropped by Magma Cubes in the Nether.
• Nether Wart: Harvested from Nether Wart Crops (found within Nether Fortresses and Bastions). You can also farm it within Soul Sand blocks.
• Phantom Membrane: Dropped from Phantoms which spawn in the Overworld when the player has not rested or died in 3 days. Tamed Cats may also offer it as a gift.
• Pufferfish: Can be fished from Lukewarm Oceans and Deep Lukewarm Oceans.
• Rabbit’s Foot: Dropped from Rabbits. Tamed Cats may also offer them as a gift.
• Redstone: Acquired from mining Redstone Ore.
• Spider Eye: Dropped from Spiders and Witches. May also appear within Desert Temple Chests.
• Sugar: Crafted from Sugar Cane or Honey Bottles. Can also be dropped by Witches.
• Turtle Shell: Crafted from 5 Turtle Scutes (dropped from baby Turtles when they mature into adults).

How to make a Brewing Stand

To craft a Brewing Stand for making Potions, you must combine 1 Blaze Rod and 3 Cobblestone in a Crafting Table . Place the 3 Cobblestone in a row, with the Blaze Rod just above it in the centre, like so:

Stick the Blaze Rod in the middle, and you’re good to get started brewing. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang Studios

Place the Brewing Stand on the ground and right-click it to open the brewing window. It looks complex at first but it’s actually very simple:

• The far-left slot is where you add Blaze Powder to fuel your brewing, just like putting Coal in a Furnace.
• The bottom three slots are where you place the bottles of potions that you want to modify.
• The top slot is where you place an ingredient that you’re using to alter the effects of the potions below.

Every time you add a new ingredient to a potion, it’ll take 20 seconds of brewing for the effect to occur. But with three potion slots at the bottom, you can brew multiple potions at once to save time. Just remember that you’ll need Blaze Powder to keep the Brewing Stand fuelled and working!

That’s really all you need in order to start making Potions. It’s not like enchantments where you need a whole room in your Minecraft house dedicated to enchanting tables and bookshelves . A single, simple Brewing Stand will do - although a cool tower or castle would certainly provide an epic fantasy aesthetic!

That wraps up our guide to brewing potions in Minecraft. If you’re not quite at the stage of venturing into the Nether, you may want to check our page on how to find Diamonds in Minecraft . Alternatively, if you’re looking for easy access to the Nether from the start, be sure to consult our list of the best Minecraft seeds . Alternatively, expand the possible number of Potions you can make with Minecraft mods !

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All 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints and where to get them

These areas have the highest chance of giving you Blueprints

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Looking for more Arc Raiders Blueprints? It’s a special day when you find a Blueprint, as they’re among the most valuable items in Arc Raiders. If you find a Blueprint that you haven’t already found, then you must make sure you hold onto it at all costs, because Blueprints are the key to one of the most important and powerful systems of meta-progression in the game.

This guide aims to be the very best guide on Blueprints you can find, starting with a primer on what exactly they are and how they work in Arc Raiders, before delving into exactly where to get Blueprints and the very best farming spots for you to take in your search.

We’ll also go over how to get Blueprints from other unlikely activities, such as destroying Surveyors and completing specific quests. And you’ll also find the full list of all 75 Blueprints in Arc Raiders on this page (including the newest Blueprints added with the Cold Snap update , such as the Deadline Blueprint and Firework Box Blueprint), giving you all the information you need to expand your own crafting repertoire.

In this guide:

• What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?
• Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes
• Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders Blueprints obtained from quests Blueprints obtained from Trials Best Blueprint farming locations

What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?

Blueprints in Arc Raiders are special items which, if you manage to extract with them, you can expend to permanently unlock a new crafting recipe in your Workshop. If you manage to extract from a raid with an Anvil Blueprint, for example, you can unlock the ability to craft your very own Anvil Pistol, as many times as you like (as long as you have the crafting materials).

To use a Blueprint, simply open your Inventory while in the lobby, then right-click on the Blueprint and click “Learn And Consume” . This will permanently unlock the recipe for that item in your Workshop. As of the Stella Montis update, there are allegedly 75 different Blueprints to unlock - although only 68 are confirmed to be in the game so far. You can see all the Blueprints you’ve found and unlocked by going to the Workshop menu, and hitting “R” to bring up the Blueprint screen.

It’s possible to find duplicates of past Blueprints you’ve already unlocked. If you find these, then you can either sell them, or - if you like to play with friends - you can take it into a match and gift it to your friend so they can unlock that recipe for themselves. Another option is to keep hold of them until the time comes to donate them to the Expedition.

Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes

Below is the full list of all the Blueprints that are currently available to find in Arc Raiders, and the crafting recipe required for each item:

Note: The missing Blueprints in this list likely have not actually been added to the game at the time of writing, because none of the playerbase has managed to find any of them. As they are added to the game, I will update this page with the most relevant information so you know exactly how to get all 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints.

Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders

Below is a list of all containers, modifiers, and events which maximise your chances of finding Blueprints:

• Certain quests reward you with specific Blueprints .
• Completing Trials has a high chance of offering Blueprints as rewards.
• Surveyors have a decent chance of dropping Blueprints on death.
• High loot value areas tend to have a greater chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Night Raids and Storms may increase rare Blueprint spawn chances in containers.
• Containers with higher numbers of items may have a higher tendency to spawn Blueprints. As a result, Blue Gate (which has many “large” containers containing multiple items) may give you a higher chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Raider containers (Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, Medical Bags, Grenade Tubes) have increased Blueprint drop rates. As a result, the Uncovered Caches event gives you a high chance of finding Blueprints.
• Security Lockers have a higher than average chance of containing Blueprints.
• Certain Blueprints only seem to spawn under specific circumstances: Tempest Blueprint only spawns during Night Raid events. Vulcano Blueprint only spawns during Hidden Bunker events. Jupiter and Equaliser Blueprints only spawn during Harvester events.

Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, and other raider-oriented container types have a good chance of offering Blueprints. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints have a very low chance of spawning in any container in Arc Raiders, around 1-2% on average. However, there is a higher chance of finding Blueprints in particular container types. Specifically, you can find more Blueprints in Raider containers and security lockers.

Beyond this, if you’re looking for Blueprints you should focus on regions of the map which are marked as having particularly high-value loot. Areas such as the Control Tower in Dam Battlegrounds, the Arrival and Departure Buildings in Spaceport, and Pilgrim’s Peak in Blue Gate all have a better-than-average chance of spawning Blueprints somewhere amongst all their containers. Night Raids and Electromagnetic Storm events also increase the drop chances of certain Blueprints .

In addition to these containers, you can often loot Blueprints from destroyed Surveyors - the largest of the rolling ball ARC. Surveyors are more commonly found on the later maps - Spaceport and Blue Gate - and if one spawns in your match, you’ll likely see it by the blue laser beam that it casts into the sky while “surveying”.

Surveyors are quite well-armoured and will very speedily run away from you once it notices you, but if you can take one down then make sure you loot all its parts for a chance of obtaining certain unusual Blueprints.

Blueprints obtained from quests

One way in which you can get Blueprints is by completing certain quests for the vendors in Speranza. Some quests will reward you with a specific item Blueprint upon completion, so as long as you work through all the quests in Arc Raiders, you are guaranteed those Blueprints.

Here is the full list of all Blueprints you can get from quest rewards:

• Trigger Nade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Sparks Fly”.
• Lure Grenade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Greasing Her Palms”.
• Burletta Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Industrial Espionage”.
• Hullcracker Blueprint (and Launcher Ammo Blueprint): Rewarded after completing “The Major’s Footlocker”.

Alas, that’s only 4 Blueprints out of a total of 75 to unlock, so for the vast majority you will need to find them yourself during a raid. If you’re intent on farming Blueprints, then it’s best to equip yourself with cheap gear in case you lose it, but don’t use a free loadout because then you won’t get a safe pocket to stash any new Blueprint you find. No pain in Arc Raiders is sharper than failing to extract with a new Blueprint you’ve been after for a dozen hours already.

One of the best ways to get Blueprints is by hitting three stars on all five Trials every week. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints obtained from Trials

One of the very best ways to get Blueprints is as rewards for completing Trials in Arc Raiders. Trials are unlocked from Level 15 onwards, and allow you to earn rewards by focusing on certain tasks over the course of several raids. For example, one Trial might task you with dealing damage to Hornets, while another might challenge you to loot Supply Drops.

Trials refresh on a weekly basis, with a new week bringing five new Trials. Each Trial can offer up to three rewards after passing certain score milestones, and it’s possible to receive very high level loot from these reward crates - including Blueprints. So if you want to unlock as many Blueprints as possible, you should make a point of completing as many Trials as possible each week.

Best Blueprint farming locations

The very best way to get Blueprints is to frequent specific areas of the maps which combine high-tier loot pools with the right types of containers to search. Here are my recommendations for where to find Blueprints on every map, so you can always keep the search going for new crafting recipes to unlock.

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Dam Battlegrounds

The best places to farm Blueprints on Dam Battlegrounds are the Control Tower, Power Generation Complex, Ruby Residence, and Pale Apartments . The first two regions, despite only being marked on the map as mid-tier loot, contain a phenomenal number of containers to loot. The Control Tower can also contain a couple of high-tier Security Lockers - though of course, you’ll need to have unlocked the Security Breach skill at the end of the Survival tree.

There’s also a lot of reporting amongst the playerbase that the Residential areas in the top-left of the map - Pale Apartments and Ruby Residence - give you a comparatively strong chance of finding Blueprints. Considering their size, there’s a high density of containers to loot in both locations, and they also have the benefit of being fairly out of the way. So you’re more likely to have all the containers to yourself.

Buried City

The best Blueprint farming locations on Buried City are the Santa Maria Houses, Grandioso Apartments, Town Hall, and the various buildings of the New District . Grandioso Apartments has a lower number of containers than the rest, but a high chance of spawning weapon cases - which have good Blueprint drop rates. The others are high-tier loot areas, with plenty of lootable containers - including Security Lockers.

Spaceport

The best places to find Blueprints on Spaceport are the Arrival and Departure Buildings, as well as Control Tower A6 and the Launch Towers . All these areas are labelled as high-value loot regions, and many of them are also very handily connected to one another by the Spaceport wall, which you can use to quickly run from one area to the next. At the tops of most of these buildings you’ll find at least one Security Locker, so this is an excellent farming route for players looking to find Blueprints.

The downside to looting Blueprints on Spaceport is that all these areas are hotly contested, particularly in Duos and Squads. You’ll need to be very focused and fast in order to complete the full farming route.

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Blue Gate

Blue Gate tends to have a good chance of dropping Blueprints, potentially because it generally has a high number of containers which can hold lots of items; so there’s a higher chance of a Blueprint spawning in each container. In my experience, the best Blueprint farming spots on Blue Gate are Pilgrim’s Peak, Raider’s Refuge, the Ancient Fort, and the Underground Complex beneath the Warehouse .

All of these areas contain a wealth of containers to loot. Raider’s Refuge has less to loot, but the majority of the containers in and around the Refuge are raider containers, which have a high chance of containing Blueprints - particularly during major events.

Stella Montis

On the whole, Stella Montis seems to have a very low drop rate for Blueprints (though a high chance of dropping other high-tier loot). If you do want to try farming Blueprints on this map, the best places to find Blueprints in Stella Montis are Medical Research, Assembly Workshop, and the Business Center . These areas have the highest density of containers to loot on the map.

In addition to this, the Western Tunnel has a few different Security Lockers to loot, so while there’s very little to loot elsewhere in this area of the map, it’s worth hitting those Security Lockers if you spawn there at the start of a match.

That wraps up this primer on how to get all the Blueprints in Arc Raiders as quickly as possible. With the Expedition system constantly resetting a large number of players’ Blueprints, it’s more important than ever to have the most up-to-date information on where to find all these Blueprints.

While you’re here, be sure to check out our Arc Raiders best guns tier list , as well as our primers on the best skills to unlock and all the different Field Depot locations on every map.

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